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One Battle After Another’ and ‘Vineland’— What Paul Thomas Anderson Used and Cut Out of Thomas Pynchon’s Novel

By Andrew McGowan Sep 26, 2025 | 3:00 PM

This article contains spoilers for “One Battle After Another,” now in theaters. Ever since “One Battle After Another” entered development, rumors percolated that Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film would be based on Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland.” The director, who is a fan of the post-modern author and previously adapted his 2009 novel “Inherent Vice” […]